Anxiety
Anxiety is a psychological state that appears to be continuously tense as a result of the individual’s feeling of danger, and this danger may actually be present or imagined that does not actually exist. Anxiety becomes necessary for treatment and follow-up if it has no logical cause or has exceeded its normal limit. The causes of anxiety include frequent frustrations and bad experiences, childhood problems, bad experiences, psychological preparedness or physical harm.
Symptoms of anxiety
There are several symptoms that accompany anxiety, and can occur to the person who is always subjected to severe pressure according to the personality and health of the individual, and can be summarized as follows:
- Feeling tired.
- Fast heartbeat.
- Feeling nauseous.
- shortness of breath.
- Chest pain.
- a headache.
- Collywobbles.
- High blood pressure, increased sweat.
- Tension in social gatherings and circles.
- Feeling nervous and angry.
- Difficulty concentrating.
Treatment of anxiety
There are two ways to treat anxiety, and may use both methods:
- Drug therapy : By taking anti-anxiety drugs and sedatives that relieve anxiety, but these drugs may cause addiction if eaten for a long time; there are also antidepressants, and these drugs are the role of the effect on the work of neurotransmitters, which have an important role In the emergence of disorders of anxiety and tension, and should not be taken Adawiya only after a specialist doctor and follow-up.
- Psychotherapy: Be through mental health specialists by identifying psychological sessions using cognitive behavioral therapy methods and methods of psychological treatment.
Lack of sleep and its causes
A person may experience sleeping problems that affect him, such as hours before he goes to sleep, sleeps or wakes up, sleeps for a few hours, or feels as if he has never slept. There are many reasons why you may not sleep, such as anxiety or depression, and hormonal changes in the menstrual period in women. Some people suffer from lack of sleep or decreased because of a change of place. If they move from place to place or travel to a country or The change in the biological clock makes it difficult to sleep, affecting it negatively, losing concentration, fatigue and exhaustion. The reason may be the inability to sleep where technology means that sleep or inappropriate lighting prevents sleep.
Non-sleep treatment
Behavioral therapy
There are several types of effective behavioral remedies for sleep problems, where the owner of the problem can treat himself or through a specialist. Examples of behavioral therapy are Professor Richard Botzen’s “Stress Control”, which re-adjusts and eliminates sleep-related habits. Sleeping environment, bed or bed binds to sleep, such as going to bed only when feeling sleepy, using bed only to sleep, not reading or watching television in bed, not eating on the bed, and not being worried and avoiding it when lying down in bed.
Cognitive therapy
This treatment helps to modify the wrong ideas, and learn new ways of thinking, it is ways of thinking wrong:
- The mistake of understanding the cause, and the person’s belief that if the daytime anxiety is because of not taking adequate sleep, although the cause may be a problem other than insomnia.
- Despair, and the expectation that the person will never be able to sleep enough and therefore unconsciously attends himself to not sleep.
- Unrealistic expectations, such as expecting a nursing mother to sleep long hours without waking up her usual baby to wake her up at night.
- Amplify the consequences of not sleeping well; if a person believes that he will be embarrassed at the work meeting and fail the next day if he did not sleep that night.
- Anxiety about the process of sleep and performance of the individual, such as saying to himself that it will take hours to sleep; all these ideas are modified in the person who suffers from sleep problems because of them, and may resort to cognitive behavioral therapy to be more effective.
Drug therapy
In some cases, the doctor may prescribe medications that help to sleep, especially in severe cases of insomnia. The doctor prescribes effective drugs from simple doses for a few days, but some doctors hesitate to use them because they may not meet the long-term purpose. , As the disadvantages of it does not solve the causes of the problem, and may cause sleepiness during the day. Types of medications used to treat sleep problems:
- Some types of drugs and sedatives for anxiety that are not prescribed only.
- Some drugs specialized in the treatment of insomnia and sleep problems specifically.
- Some types of antidepressants are used specifically for patients with a history of depression.
- Some drugs that contain the hormone melatonin to regulate sleep hours, especially in the elderly.
- Some complementary therapies may help regulate sleep and resolve insomnia problems such as acupuncture.
Herbal Therapy
There are herbs and plants that help to calm and sleep; either by drinking drenched, or by the smell of sedative smell, including:
- Nardine: It is used by capsules containing roots and leg.
- Chamomile: It is safe for adults and children and has soothing properties.
- Taurignan: Also known as Melissa and has a lemongrass aroma, a sedative that helps to lower blood pressure and relaxation, but not recommended for people with thyroid disorders.